by Mike Garafolo, USA TODAY Sports

by Mike Garafolo, USA TODAY Sports

The kicking-and-stomping match between the Washington Redskins' Will Montgomery and the New York Giants' Linval Joseph during Monday's matchup between the NFC East rivals cost those players nearly $20,000 in fines, combined.

Montgomery was docked $10,000 for trying to cleat Joseph in a place that should never be cleated. Joseph was fined $7,875 for stomping Montgomery, even though he tried to halt his motion while his foot was in mid-air. Perhaps Joseph's quick realization he was about to commit an offense that could've resulted in an ejection led to his being fined slightly less than Montgomery.

Montgomery told reporters Friday he will appeal the fine, citing Joseph's dragging him by the leg to get him off of a teammate as the start of the altercation.

"I think I have to protect myself," Montgomery said, per The Washington Times. "If the guy is dragging me across the ground and potentially twisting my ankle or whatever else, I'm not going to let the guy drag me across the ground. And I can't push him, obviously, because I'm on the ground, so I used my leg to get him off me."

More fines: Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $21,000 by the NFL for a horse-collar tackle on Seattle's Leon Washington, his second fine in two weeks.

Urlacher, penalized for the tackle in the Bears' 23-17 loss last Sunday, also was fined last week for a horse-collar tackle of Minnesota's Adrian Peterson.

Detroit defensive tackle Nick Fairley was fined $15,750 for his horse-collar tackle of Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck late in the Lions' 35-33 loss.

Denver Broncos defensive end Von Miller was fined $25,000 for his hit below the knee of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman last week. Miller was fined $21,000 last month for a similar infraction against Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.